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Old 31st Dec 2010, 01:48
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PEI_3721
 
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Saw a Lightning T5 during a visit in the late 80s – 23 Sqn markings.
Also saw the results of 30 mm cannon fire (various rounds) on different thickness of aircraft structure; possibly parts of the Lightning and a TSR 2 wing.

I recall a briefing from a ‘boffin’ who had detonated an A-A missile warhead near a bomber front fuselage. He did not disclose the type, but a Valiant was suspected, which would have replicated the opposition, and particularly as it could be pressurized. The boffin reported dismay that the test failed to ‘kill’ any of the five dummies on board immediately and thus did not meet the new ministry’s directive on aircraft destruction for a nuclear threat!
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